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Skeletal muscle satellite cells cultured in simulated microgravitySatellite cells are postnatal myoblasts responsible for providing additional nuclei to growing or regenerating muscle cells. Satellite cells retain the capacity to proliferate and differentiate in vitro and therefore provide a useful model to study postnatal muscle development. Most culture systems used to study postnatal muscle development are limited by the two-dimensional (2-D) confines of the culture dish. Limiting proliferation and differentiation of satellite cells in 2-D could potentially limit cell-cell contacts important for developing the level of organization in skeletal muscle obtained in vivo. Culturing satellite cells on microcarrier beads suspended in the High-Aspect-Ratio-Vessel (HARV) designed by NASA provides a low shear, three-dimensional (3-D) environment to study muscle development. Primary cultures established from anterior tibialis muscles of growing rats (approximately 200 gm) were used for all studies and were composed of greater than 75 % satellite cells. Different inoculation densities did not affect the proliferative potential of satellite cells in the HARV. Plating efficiency, proliferation, and glucose utilization were compared between 2-D flat culture and 3-D HARV culture. Plating efficiency (cells attached - cells plated x 100) was similar between the two culture systems. Proliferation was reduced in HARV cultures and this reduction was apparent for both satellite cells and non-satellite cells. Furthermore, reduction in proliferation within the HARV could not be attributed to reduced substrate availability since glucose levels in media from HARV and 2-D cell culture were similar. Morphologically, microcarrier beads within the HARVS were joined together by cells into three-dimensional aggregates composed of greater than 10 beads/aggregate. Aggregation of beads did not occur in the absence of cells. Myotubes were often seen on individual beads or spanning the surface of two beads. In summary, proliferation and differentiation of satellite cells on microcarrier beads within the HARV bioreactor results in a three dimensional level of organization that could provide a more suitable model to study postnatal muscle development.
Document ID
19960007786
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Molnar, Greg
(DuPont, Alfred I. Inst. Wilmington, DE., United States)
Hartzell, Charles R.
(DuPont, Alfred I. Inst. Wilmington, DE., United States)
Schroedl, Nancy A.
(DuPont, Alfred I. Inst. Wilmington, DE., United States)
Gonda, Steve R.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
NIPS-95-06162
NAS 1.15:111145
NASA-TM-111145
Accession Number
96N14952
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-656
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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